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bluebert92:
Sucks about the lorry, at least its being dealt with relatively stress free!

b1ggsy:

--- Quote from: bluebert92 on September 09, 2015, 02:16:57 pm ---Sucks about the lorry, at least its being dealt with relatively stress free!

--- End quote ---

I know dude, I was stood at the window and watched it happen and couldn't believe it.

In all fairness it was a big lorry so it could have been a lot worse!! My headlights had started to get the infamous yellow fade anyway so at least I got a new headlight out of it and VW have even said they will polish the other one up to match for free so not too bad after all :)

bluebert92:
A headlight refurb and a new one, isn't so bad after all!

b1ggsy:
Go the car back from VW and happy with the result



The restoration on the passenger headlight is pretty good although its not as good as the new one (and never would be) it looks much better than before

Before (not the best pic but they were very cloudy);


After;

b1ggsy:
So I have had tyres fitted to my 3SDM 0.05's. I have put 225/40 on the 8.5j fronts and test fitted a 235/40 on the 9.5j rear. I know a lot of people put 215's on 8.5j and 225's on 9.5j but I didn't want too much stretch as I'm not able to go low just yet. In my opinion the 235 on 9.5j is just the right amount of stretch.

225/40/18 on 8.5j:


235/40/18 on 9.5j:


So after that I decided to do a test fit for clearance purposes. The 235 tyre I fitted was a scrap tyre that the tyre place lent me for a test fitment. Looks like they're ok to me so I now have to buy a pair for the rear before I can swap them over for good. Here's some pics of fitting

standard rear:


3SDM rear:


Car looks to sit quite high but I think this is due to it being jacket up. I'm not deluding myself, I know there will be a pretty big arch gap but I think it will settle to be a bit less than this. I still think its a big improvement over standard.

Standard:


3SDM:


and here after driving it forward with the handbrake on to bring the gap down a bit to a normal ride height:


Here's a cheeky one mid way through handbrake run:


I know everyone is going to say it needs lowering and I agree but that won't be happening until my wife passes her test as insurance wont allow it with her as a learner.

Let me know your thoughts.

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